United States

The new Transit Explorer tool offers a new way to visualize the scale of the country's transit infrastructure investments. Spoiler alert: 2016 will be a big year.

January 8, 2016 - the transport politic

Several key factors, not the least of which was cheap gas, combined to make 2015 a record year for new passenger vehicle sales, smashing the 2009 record of 10.4 million sales and edging-out the prior record of 17.40 million sales in 2000.

January 7, 2016 - The Washington Post

Target announced recently that almost all of the stores it expects to open in 2016 and 2017 will be located in urban areas.

January 7, 2016 - Fortune

A list of the cities doing the most to build infill development, courtesy of Infill Score.

January 7, 2016 - Infill Score

It's easy to focus on the sensational headlines based on the fraud committed by Volkswagen, but doing so masks the deadly and ongoing problems of diesel emissions plaguing the world's densely populated cities.

January 7, 2016 - The New York Times

The annual list of the ten best planning, design, and development websites, representing some of the top online resources for news, information, and research on the built environment.

January 6, 2016 - James Brasuell

Ending one housing subsidy for households making over $100,000 a year could fund housing vouchers for everyone who needs them.

January 6, 2016 - City Observatory

Streetsblog presents a look back, with some snark involved, at the year that was in transportartion.

January 6, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

A new study reveals new understanding about how restrictive land use regulations in urban areas affect economic segregation across metropolitan areas.

January 5, 2016 - CityLab

A public apology wasn't going to cut it for Volkswagen after the car company was revealed to have cheated on emissions testing.

January 5, 2016 - U.S. Department of Justice

The anti-planning debate may have quieted down, but it hasn't disappeared. Anti-Agenda 21 activists have merely spread out, into the politics of cities and counties planning for the future.

January 5, 2016 - Governing

A Harvard study has found that those making $45,000 per year are struggling to meet the increasing cost of rent in cities across the country.

January 4, 2016 - NBC News

Call it a wishlist for 2016—here are the words CityLab has had enough of in 2016.

January 4, 2016 - CityLab

According to a report prepared by commercial real estate firm Newmark, Grubb, Knight and Frank (NGKF), the office park model has lost the competitive edge. That is, unless it provides access to transit and urban amenities as well as parking.

January 2, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

A look ahead at what is shaping up to be a very eventful year in the world of transportation.

January 1, 2016 - CityLab

The spread of craft beer manufacturing around the United States has followed demographic patterns, along with friendly regulations.

December 31, 2015 - Quartz

While NIMBYs make a lot of noise and a lot of news, could it be that support outweighs opposition when it comes to development? Some residents in Bethesda, Maryland think so.

December 31, 2015 - Bethesda Magazine

McClatchy's Curtis Tate reports on Amtrak routes in Missouri and Kansas. Reduced ridership on the Missouri River Runner may be the result of falling gas prices.

December 31, 2015 - McClatchy Washington Bureau

An unfamiliar title for a familiar collection of concepts, psychogeography examines the good and bad effects of environments on the thoughts and feelings of people.

December 31, 2015 - The Urban Edge

Pulling a few threads to unravel some of the biggest planning stories of the year.

December 31, 2015 - James Brasuell